Ignacio Galán and Imanol Pradales open the Iberdrola Collection exhibition to mark the company’s 125th anniversary

Iberdrola’s Executive Chairman, Ignacio Galán, and the Lehendakari (Basque regional president), Imanol Pradales, today opened the exhibition ‘Parallels and Meridians’ at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Organised to mark the company’s 125th anniversary, the exhibition comprises more than a hundred representative works from the corporate art collection. The show coincides with the museum’s reopening following its extension and refurbishment and will run until 30 August.

The opening ceremony was also attended by Ibone Bengoetxea, First Deputy President, Minister for Culture and Language Policy and President of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation; Amaia Arregi, acting Mayor of Bilbao and acting Vice-President of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation; Elixabete Etxanobe, Deputy General of Bizkaia and member of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation; Ana Otadui, President of the General Assembly of Bizkaia; and Miguel Zugaza, Director of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.

With ‘Parallels and Meridians’, Iberdrola is reinforcing its commitment not only to art and culture but also to Bilbao, the city where it was founded in 1901 as Hidroeléctrica Ibérica. The exhibition offers a journey through the Iberdrola Collection, structured around two conceptual themes. The ‘parallels’ reflect a chronological arc, from the beginnings of artistic modernity in the Basque Country in the late 19th century, through the development of the avant-garde from the 1950s onwards, to the more global artistic languages of the 21st century. For their part, the “meridians” structure the major themes that underpin the collection, including light, nature, ingenuity and work.

This is complemented by Iberdrola’s strong links to Bilbao, where it has maintained its registered office since its foundation 125 years ago. In this context, ‘Parallels and Meridians’ presents for the first time to the public two views of the city painted by Antonio López from Torre Iberdrola, which are still in progress.

The artistic route extends through Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park – with 24 panels reviewing key moments in Iberdrola’s history and linking them to some of the most emblematic works in its collection – to the atrium of Torre Iberdrola, where nine works will be on display, several of them created specifically for this space.

A celebration open to society as a whole

‘Parallels and Meridians’ forms part of the broad programme of activities that Iberdrola is rolling out throughout 2026 to mark its 125th anniversary. Under the slogan ‘125 light-years’, the company is promoting a nationwide calendar of initiatives including art and technology exhibitions, music festivals, social events and the illumination of landmark buildings.

Through these initiatives, Iberdrola aims to share with its employees, customers, shareholders and society as a whole a success story shaped by innovation, its commitment to people and its contribution to economic and social development through electrification, as well as its vision and outlook for the future.